Kent Larson
MIT Media Lab Director | Future Cities & Sustainable Design
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Kent Larson leads the City Science group at the MIT Media Lab, exploring how emerging technologies can address the challenges of urban environments. As the former Director of the MIT Media Lab's Changing Places research group, he pioneered innovations in housing, transportation, and community design.
Larson's work has been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, and Wired, and he has presented at TED and the World Economic Forum. His keynotes provide a data-driven, future-focused perspective on designing sustainable, human-centered cities of tomorrow.
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Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
How can we fit more people into cities without overcrowding? Kent Larson shows off folding cars, quick-change apartments and other innovations that could make the city of the future work a lot like a small village of the past.
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